Fibre suppLements fOR Pre-diAbetes - An Assessment Oral Fibre Supplements on Pre-diabetes Outcome Measures

Exclusion Criteria

• •Receiving medication to treat Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes in the previous 6 months
• •Have a Body Mass Index (BMI) \<25 kg/m2 and \>45 kg/m2
• •Loss of more than 5% body weight in last 3 months
• •Current participation in weight loss program or planned in the next 16 weeks
• •Steroid use (except for over the counter NSAID's, topical steroids and inhalers)
• •Severe hepatic diseases (including chronic persistent hepatitis, liver cirrhosis or the co-occurrence of positive hepatitis B virus surface antigen and abnormal hepatic transaminase (serum concentrations of alanine transaminase or aspartate transaminase \>2.5× the upper normal limit))
• •Continuous antibiotic use for \>3 days within 4 weeks prior to enrolment
• •Continuous use of weight-loss drug for within 3 months of study entry